Temples of India (भारत के मन्दिर)

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Temples of India(भारत के मंदिर)

● Kedarnath Temple → It is located in Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand), near Mandakini River. It is part of
"Chota Char Dham" (Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath). "Bada Char Dham" consists of Puri,
Rameswaram, Dwaraka, Badrinath.
● Kashi Vishwanath Temple → It is located in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), near Ganga River. Modern day
Kashi Vishwanath Temple was built by 'Ahilya Bai Holkar'.
● Baidyanath Temple → It is located in Deoghar (Jharkhand).
● Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple → It is in Andhra Pradesh.
● Ramanathaswamy Temple → It is located in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
● Grishneshwar Temple → It is in Maharashtra, near Ellora Caves.
● Trimbakeshwar Temple → It is in Nashik, Maharashtra. Near Godavari River.
● Bhimashankar Temple → It is in Maharashtra, near River Bhima.
● Nageshwar Temple → Gujarat.
● Somnath Temple → Gujarat.
● Mahakaleshwar Temple → It is in Ujjain, MP. near Shipra River. Kumbh Mela is also organised here.
● Omkareshwar Temple → It is in Madhya Pradesh, near Narmada River.

● Dilwara Temple → It is in Mt Abu, Rajasthan.

Surrounded by Aravalli Ranges. Gurushikhar in Mt.

Abu is the highest peak of Aravalli Ranges.

Brahma Kumaris Organization HQ is also in Mt

Abu.

● Dwarkadhish Temple → It is located at Dwaraka,

Gujarat.

● Somnath Temple → It is in Gir Somnath District,

Gujarat.

● Kedarnath Temple → It is dedicated to Lord

Shiva. Located in Uttarakhand.

● Badrinath Temple → It is dedicated to Lord

Vishnu. Located in Uttarakhand.

● Venkateswara Temple → also known as Tirupati

Balaji Temple. It is in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh.

● Sri Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple →

Telangana.

● Gnana Saraswati Temple → It is located on the

banks of Godavari River at Basar, Telangana.

● Ranganathaswamy Temple → Tiruchirappalli,

Tamil Nadu.

● Meenakshi Temple → It is located in the city of

Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

● Mahabalipuram Temple → Mamallapuram, Tamil

Nadu.

● Arunachaleswarar Temple → Tamil Nadu.

● Brihadeeswarar Temple → Thanjavur, Tamil

Nadu.

● Khajuraho Temple → It is a UNESCO World

Heritage Site. Madhya Pradesh also has 2 other

World Heritage Sites (Sanchi Stupa, Bhimbetka

Caves).

● Chaturbhuj Temple → Situated at Orchha,

Niwari, Madhya Pradesh.

● Shani Shingnapur Temple → Maharashtra.

● Siddhivinayak Temple → Mumbai, Maharashtra.

● Shri Saibaba Sansthan Temple → Shirdi,

Maharashtra.

● Padmanabhaswamy Temple →

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

● Guruvayur Temple → Kerala.

● Vadakkunnathan Temple → Thrissur, Kerala. The

Thrissur pooram festival is held every year at this

temple.

● Sri Ayyappa Temple → Kerala. also Known as

Sabarimala Temple.

● Murdeshwar Temple → Shiva Temple, Karnataka.

● Sri Mookambika Temple → Karnataka, near

Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary.

● Virupaksha Temple → Karnataka, It is part of

Pattadakal Group of Temples.

● Hoysaleswara Temple → Karnataka, Karnataka

Govt trying to get World Heritage Site status for

Hoysala Group of Temples. Hampi Temples and

Pattadakal Group of Temples of Karnataka

already have status of World Heritage Sites.

● Gommateshwara Temple → Jain Temple,

Karnataka..

● Sringeri Temple → Karnataka.

● Amarnath Temple → Lord Shiva, Jammu and

Kashmir.

● Vaishno Devi Temple → Katra, Jammu and

Kashmir.

● Ranbireshwar Temple → Jammu and Kashmir.

● Raghunath Temple → Jammu and Kashmir.

● Jagannath Temple → Puri, Odisha.

● Gundicha Temple → Puri, Odisha.

● Konark Sun Temple → Konark, Odisha. It is part

of Iconic Sites in India.

● Rajarani Temple → Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

● Mukteshwar Temple → Bhubaneswar.

● Lingaraj Temple → Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

● Brahmeshwar Temple → Bhubaneswar.

● Dakshineswar Kali Temple → Kolkata, West

Bengal.

● Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple → Sikkim

● Malinithan Temple → Arunachal.

● Kamakhya Temple → Guwahati, Assam.

Ambubachi mela is held at Kamakhya Temple

every year.

● Banke Bihari Temple → Vrindavan, Mathura,

Uttar Pradesh.

● Keshavdeva Temple → Uttar Pradesh.

● Lotus Temple → Delhi

● Markandeshwar Temple → Haryana.

● Nag Vasuki Temple → Allahabad, UP.

● Hadimbadevi Temple → Manali, Himachal

Pradesh.

● Durgiana Temple → Amritsar, Punjab.

● Golden Temple → Amritsar, Punjab.

● Baijnath Temple → Kangra, Himachal. Lord Shiva

Temple.

● Bodh Gaya → Bihar, Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment.

● Bhorumdeo Temple → Chhattisgarh.

● Tripureshwari Devi, Tripura Sundari Temple → Tripura Government made their official tea named after this temple.

Temple Architecture :-

● Mainly there are 3 styles (शैली) of Temple Architecture in India.

● Nagar Style (शैली) - North indian temples are built in this style.

● Dravida Style (शैली) - South Indian temples are built in this style.

● Bedara Style (शैली) - Middle Indian temples (temples between Vindhya Range in North and Krishna

River in South), it is a mixture of Nagar and Dravida Style.